Chapter Seven ~ A wedding in a Rush

Emily

How the wedding moved from four days later to right the next day is not even a shock. I’m so tired that I just want to get this over with and when I received the text message last night, I couldn’t even cry. I tried and hoped to but the tears just couldn’t come out. “Why are you rushing this Emily? Is there something I should know about?” Dad asks.

“No, he has a trip next week and I can only tag along if we are married.” I lie and feel ridiculous at how it doesn’t make sense even to my own ears.

“Are you pregnant?” Aunt Melan asks and I almost choke.

“No, I’m not”

The doorbell rings and I assume that it's Jake who has come to pick me up since I was told I would dress from the hotel again. “Dad please.” I plead and he looks at me with sadness in his eyes before nodding.

“You go ahead, we will be right behind you.” He says and I kiss him on the cheek and walk out.

The trip is short and Nina is with me as we enter a room that we expect to find empty but it's full of people. Ab